Thursday, April 7, 2011

Homemaker shocked over ‘fake eggs’ find

GEORGE TOWN: A woman who bought a tray of eggs in Pulau Tikus had a shock when she found them to be “fake eggs”.
Consumers Association of Penang president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the housewife had brought the eggs to his office after finding something fishy when she tried to cook them.
“She told us that the eggs did not smell like real eggs and were tasteless. It was also of unusual shapes and larger than real eggs.

Unidentical twins: The fake egg (left) is different in shape and colour from the genuine egg

“The fake egg also had a rougher surface than the genuine one.
“When cracked, there was no sign of chalaza, the structure inside the egg that keeps the yolk in place.
“The fake egg white and yolk quickly mixed together, unlike that of real eggs,” Idris said.

The fake egg yolk (left) is more yellowish than that of a normal egg.

He said after boiling the egg and cutting it open, the egg yolk appeared to be more “yellowish” than that of a normal egg.
Idris said an e-mail widely circulated among the public in Penang had claimed that fake eggs which were common in China, were full of chemicals and sold at lower prices.
Idris also said it would be very hard to tell the difference between fake eggs and genuine ones as both looked almost identical.
“Try to look out for the weird shapes,” he said, adding that his staff members had bought more eggs from the shop frequented by the woman and found them to be “fake”.
A tray of 30 real eggs costs around RM10.50. The fake eggs cost RM11.
Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism enforcement chief M. Guna Selan said his office had not received any such complaint.

Lepas ni, kalau nak beli telur, kena betul2 make sure that telur tu telur asli, bukan telur palsu. I make it a point of buying eggs only from supermarket such as Jusco or hypermarkets yg besar2 mcm Tesco, Carrefour.

Maybe delayed April fool's joke ke? hehehe. But if we think about it kan, the China people selalunya will try to make things that will reduce their cost mcm letak those things in susu. but from what I read, it costs more to make this 'fake eggs' than the real eggs so why do they make it?Tu yg I rasa mcm suss aje. And it is not easy to make shells I think...